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euro p wet for many of us as we begin the seasonal transition

56 degrees this morning .

Early morning rainbow at wally world in leominster

57 upon leaving the house. Some humidity returns for a couple days but all in all not bad. Not much rain to be had.

I did my aerate and overseed on Labor Day weekend. dropped the seed last Monday and patches on Tuesday. already have sprouts about an inch tall.

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OHX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1 Dangerous heat is the main concern this week, especially during the afternoon hours. A powerful 6000+ meter 500 mb ridge over the region will keep conditions hot and humid with no meaningful rain potential. BNA reached a record-setting 100 degrees Tuesday and there is no reason to doubt it will happen again Wednesday as the ridge intensifies directly overhead. Record high temperatures are in jeopardy each day this week.

NYC was one of the coolest spots in the city at 57° as most other stations didn’t drop below 60°. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 229 PM 92 1927 77 -5 79 MINIMUM 57 621 AM 44 1873 63 -6 66 AVERAGE 65 70 -5 73 St./16th / Alphabet City 75 62 67 75 62 66 38 0.00 18 1:00am 9 12:50am 20.5 160th Ave. / Howard Beach 70 59 65 70 59 69 45 0.00 28th St. / Chelsea 75 62 67 75 62 65 41 0.00 16 4:40pm 7 8:45pm 18.3 Astoria 73 60 66 73 60 68 45 0.00 13 1:00am 6 12:55am 15.7 Bensonhurst / Mapleton 73 61 67 73 61 69 44 0.00 20.1 Blooming Grove 71 47 59 71 47 94 44 0.00 14 11:10pm 7 11:10pm 21.0 Bronx Mesonet 73 56 65 73 56 71 45 0.00 18 9:15am 9 9:15am 19.9 Brooklyn Mesonet 69 61 65 69 61 70 44 0.00 18 1:25am 11 1:45am 21.3 Brownsville 73 61 67 73 61 68 40 0.00 Corona 75 60 67 75 60 69 43 0.00 E 40th St. / Murray Hill 72 63 67 72 63 66 41 0.00 East River at Alphabet City Fresh Kills 86 41 0.00 15 2:20pm 7 12:25pm 20.9 Glendale / Maspeth 73 60 66 73 60 67 44 0.00 Gold Street / Navy Yard 73 62 67 73 62 67 42 0.00 17 1:15am 8 12:40am 21.4 Lefferts / South Ozone Park 72 60 66 72 60 68 44 0.00 Manhattan Mesonet 72 61 66 72 61 67 45 0.00 22 8:00am 12 8:00am 20.6 Mount Ivy 73 47 59 73 47 95 42 0.00 10 1:40pm 4 3:55pm 20.7 Newtown / Long Island City 74 61 67 74 61 65 40 0.00 17 1:15am 10 1:15am 19.3 Otisville Mesonet 70 42 56 70 42 99 45 0.00 13 4:15pm 8 3:20pm 20.9 Port Jervis 73 46 58 73 45 96 40 0.00 12 4:05pm 5 4:25pm 20.3 Queens Mesonet 72 59 65 72 59 70 44 0.00 19 6:30pm 11 6:30pm 20.1 Queensbridge / Dutch Kills 76 61 68 76 61 65 41 0.00 16.5 Staten Island Mesonet 71 57 64 71 57 83 44 0.00 16 12:40pm 9 2:45pm 20.1 Suffern Mesonet 71 50 60 71 50 94 44 0.00 10 2:30pm 5 11:35am 19.3 TLC Center 73 61 66 73 61 66 41 0.00 16 12:35am 12 6:55pm 21.3 Tremont / Van Nest 73 58 66 73 58 67 45 0.00

And that gave us the Halloween snowstorm of 2011 and probably one of the worst winters we've ever had. 2011 - 2012 was a disaster. We had more snow in October than we had in NDJFM.

Superstorm 93 was epic on so many levels. The certainty almost a week out. It had been a decade since I had seen March snow that didn't just accumulate on grassy surfaces. The sunny but cold calm quiet day before and the craziness at the gas stations and supermarkets. I was 19 and worked for Stop and Shop at the time. It was the first time I had een more than a foot of snow since the Feb 83 storm.

Yup I remember the cold too like it was yesterday. I think there were afternoons that struggled to hit 10 above but with 15 to 25 mph northerly winds and who can forget the sleet fest in Jan 93 I think where it was just below 10 degrees with 2 to 3 inches of pure sleet...wild stuff

I think the latest date ever recorded for the formation of a hurricane since maritime shipping logs occurred in 1941. That date is September 17th. That record is toast.

This is the thing forky is deliberately forgetting. 2023-24 averaged 0.7F warmer (DCA) compared to 97-98, and had 8" of snowfall. 15-16 was only 0.5F colder than 97-98. Likewise, 72-73 was 3F colder than that winter, but was also a shutout. A Super Nino can overwhelm the base state with torcherrific airmasses for 90% of the winter, but it very evidently does its best to load the deck in the few intervals that temperatures are remotely seasonable.

Should be interesting to see if we follow the last 3 El Nino's post-2016 PDO-change in October with a SE ridge and an area of real cold. 1948-2020 Oct Nino:

This is the most Niño Niño that ever Niño’d.